RUM-RUNNING ROUTES

From the Caribbean to Saint-Pierre and on to the American coast, smuggling routes formed a shifting network shaped by cargoes, patrols and opportunity. Schooners, freighters and speedboats crossed these shadowy corridors carrying alcohol, people and coded messages. This clandestine atlas retraces their principal routes.

Follow the rum-running routes

Route 01

FROM SAINT-PIERRE TO DEMERARA

Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon → Demerara, British Guiana

Between 1920 and 1933, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon became a key hub in the Atlantic liquor trade, linking Canadian and European spirits, Caribbean stopovers and the rum-producing region of Demerara in British Guiana.

1921–1933
Schooners, tramp steamers, fast motor ships

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